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New Study: Through Welfare, States Are Widening Black-White Child Poverty Gap
A poverty studies scholar uncovers racial bias in choices states make in the use and distribution of federal assistance benefits….
What We Know—and Don’t Know—about Paid Family Care Leave
Professor Jane Waldfogel and public health student Emma Liebman locate a missing piece in the U.S. social insurance system. Though…
Michael Friedman & Camille Alleyne: What Does the First Step Act Do for People with Mental Illness?
Adjunct professor teams up with MSW student to assess the impact of landmark criminal justice reform on justice-involved people with…
Creating Sustainable Mobility from Poverty
The fifth annual New Frontiers in Poverty Research conference featured a keynote by Wes Moore, innovative policy proposals such as…
Heidi Allen on American Healthcare and the People Left Behind
The School of Social Work professor has seen some of the worst inequalities in American healthcare up close and is…
Desmond Patton’s Work Featured on A&E’s “Secret Life of a Gang Girl: The Untold Story”
The episode examines the life and death of gang member Gakirah Barnes, who had been a subject of Patton’s research….
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Professors Marion Riedel and Barbara Simon Retire
Two full-time faculty members are (at least formally) retiring from teaching at the end of this year. Associate Professor of…
Project ASPIRE, an Initiative on Forced Migration in Jordan and Turkey, Reveals Initial Findings
Researchers reported on health care concerns among Syrian refugee women in Jordan, as well as on the secondary trauma experienced…
Susan Witte to Further Anti-Oppression Teaching Initiatives as Provost’s Teaching Scholar
Professor Susan Witte is one of nine Columbia University faculty members selected to introduce innovations into the culture of teaching…